Names On Trees

I remember a time when I was on summer vacation with my family members and cousins. Once, we arrived at a quiet place. There were trees everywhere. I noticed on the trees there was names written.

My cousins were writing their names on the trees with rocks. I was honestly feeling something different. It was my first time seeing someone write their name on a tree. They call it a "memory." It's believed that their name will stay forever on the trees until the tree dies.

Then suddenly, my cousin saw a big spider crawling on the tree and more other insects on the ground. My sister and I started screaming and running off. My cousins weren't scared since they're used to seeing insects.

They all followed us and there was a bench so we sat there after being exhausted from running and there was an umbrella on top of the bench. I saw my family sitting and eating "barishali amra" It's some kind of sour fruit with salt and with red chili powder.

If you are not familiar with pickles and spices then we are not friends. Just kidding. Then I went and they were telling me to take some "amra". I told them even if you guys didn't tell me to eat, I would've still eaten. It tastes really good so make sure if you're ever at any bengali/indian places, definitely go try it!

Although, I've never seen anyone write their name on a tree, it seems like it represents something meaningful. I know this story is very short and simple but I just wanted to share this out with you guys. I'm grateful to have people interested in my stories so if you have any ideas you want to give, you can tell me. Also, Let me know in the comments if you ever experienced something new like this~